Sander Groen is a professional tennis

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 player from The Netherlands.

Groen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 61 in 1997 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177 in 1996.

Groen is famous for being the doubles partner of many top-5 singles players like Pat Cash, Goran Ivanisevic, Gustavo Kuerten, Marcelo Rios, Magnus Norman, Greg Rusedski, Alex Corretja, Marc Rosset and last but not least Roger Federer. Roger Federer actually won his first ever title on the tour playing together with Sander Groen in Segovia 1999, the finals was played on Roger Federer's 18th birthday.

In 2004 Sander Groen made his mark on the ITF senior tour by winning the men's singles over 35 world championships followed by finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2006. He also won the men's singles over 35 European championships in 2005.

Groen is still active in the professional tour - as of December 13, 2010 he is ranked World No. 825 in doubles by the ATP.

Doubles titles (13)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (1)

Challengers (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1991	Cherbourg, France	Hard (i)	Byron Talbot Byron Talbot Byron Talbot , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won seven doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times...	Michael Daniel    Brian Devening	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.	1992	Meran, Italy	Clay	David Prinosil David Prinosil David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...	Lionel Barthez    Alois Beust	6–4, 6–4
3.	1992	Dublin, Ireland	Hard	Arne Thoms	Douglas Geiwald    Robbie Koenig Robbie Koenig Robbie Koenig is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. Most notable for reaching the semi finals of the 1998 US Open Men's doubles competition...	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
4.	1992	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Germany	Carpet	Arne Thoms	Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway's Christian Ruud...     Grant Stafford Grant Stafford Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.Turning professional in 1990, Stafford won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on January 31, 1994, when he was ranked 53rd in the world.-External links:*...	6–4, 7–6
5.	1993	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Germany	Carpet	Arne Thoms	Jon Ireland Jon Ireland Jon Ireland , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Ireland enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 90 in 1995.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...     John Yancey	6–3, 6–3
6.	1994	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Hard	Brian Devening	Leonardo Lavalle Leonardo Lavalle Leonardo Lavalle Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in...     Danilo Marcelino	6–2, 7–6
7.	1997	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivaniševic Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...	Sandon Stolle Sandon Stolle Sandon Stolle is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles .Stolle is the son of former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle...     Cyril Suk Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....	7–6, 6–3
8.	1998	Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... , Germany	Clay	Pablo Albano Pablo Albano Pablo Albano , is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.Albano enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 25 in 1997.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Jamie Holmes    Andrew Painter	6–4, 6–3
9.	1998	Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco... , Mexico	Clay	Ali Hamadeh	Martín García    Sebastián Prieto Sebastián Prieto Sebastián Prieto is a professional tennis player from Argentina.Primarily a doubles specialist, Prieto has won 9 doubles titles in his career. He began playing for the Argentina Davis Cup team in 1999....	6–4, 6–2
10.	1999	Segovia, Spain	Clay	Roger Federer Roger Federer Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...	Ota Fukárek Ota Fukárek Ota Fukárek is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...     Alejandro Hernández	6–4, 7–6
11.	2000	Aachen Lambertz Open by STAWAG The Lambertz Open by STAWAG is a tennis tournament held in Aachen, Germany since 1991. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**... , Germany	Carpet	Jan Siemerink Jan Siemerink Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...	Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...     Franz Stauder	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
12.	2001	Heilbronn Intersport Heilbronn Open The Intersport Heilbronn Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Talheim, Germany, since 1984.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Germany	Carpet	Jack Waite Jack Waite Jack Waite , is a former American tennis player.Waite won 3 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest doubles ATP ranking on September, 1997, when he became the number 44 in the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	Petr Luxa Petr Luxa Petr Luxa is a retired professional tennis player from Czech Republic. He mainly plays doubles.-Doubles :-External links:...     David Škoch David Škoch David Škoch is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic. , he has a good doubles rank and his usual doubles partner is his countryman Jaroslav Levinský.-Wins :...	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
13.	2001	Prostějov UniCredit Czech Open The UniCredit Czech Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Prostějov Tennis Complex in Prostějov, Czech Republic, since 1994.-Singles:-Doubles:-External... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi Andrea Gaudenzi Andrea Gaudenzi is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1990.Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the third round by America's eventual...	Devin Bowen Devin Bowen Devin Bowen is an American former ATP World Tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached a career high doubles ranking of World No. 39, in 2003.-References:...     Mariano Hood Mariano Hood Mariano Hood is a retire left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won $US806,888 in earnings...	7–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1992	Heilbronn Intersport Heilbronn Open The Intersport Heilbronn Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Talheim, Germany, since 1984.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Germany	Carpet	Tomas Nydahl Tomas Nydahl Tomas Nydahl is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 72 in 1998. He managed to beat players such as Thomas Muster, Marcelo Rios, Tim Henman, Thommy Haas, Petr Korda.. He won 12 Challenger Tournaments and he finished runner-up at 3...	Doug Eisenman    Bent-Ove Pedersen Bent-Ove Pedersen Bent-Ove Pedersen is a former tennis player from Norway, who turned professional in 1992. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Christian Ruud. The pair was defeated in the first round by South...	1–6, 3–6
2.	1992	Umag, Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	Clay	Lars Koslowski	David Prinosil David Prinosil David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...     Richard Vogel	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
3.	1992	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Hard	Patrick Baur Patrick Baur Patrick Baur , is a former professional tennis player from Germany.During his career Baur won 2 singles titles and 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	Martin Blackman    Laurence Tieleman Laurence Tieleman Laurence Tieleman is a former tennis player from Italy.Turning professional in 1993, Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He won one doubles title during his career...	4–6, 6–1, 6–7
4.	1993	Bergamo Bergamo Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan... , Italy	Hard (i)	Arne Thoms	Cristian Brandi Cristian Brandi Cristian Brandi , is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Brandi enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 9 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...     Cristiano Caratti Cristiano Caratti Cristiano Caratti is a former ATP Tour tennis player from Italy.Caratti turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Guy Forget...	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
5.	1993	Riemerling, Germany	Clay	Arne Thoms	Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah , is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 82 in 1994....     Mario Tabares Mario Tabares Mario Tabares , is a professional tennis player from The Cuba. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	3–6, 3–6
6.	1993	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Hard	Grant Stafford Grant Stafford Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.Turning professional in 1990, Stafford won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on January 31, 1994, when he was ranked 53rd in the world.-External links:*...	Jeremy Bates    Christo van Rensburg Christo Van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...	3–6, 4–6
7.	1995	Bristol Bristol Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... , England	Grass	Arne Thoms	Lionel Barthez    Stephane Simian Stephane Simian Stephane Simian , is a former professional tennis player from France. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 41 in 1993 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 56 in 1994....	5–7, 5–7
8.	1996	Madras, India	Hard	Oleg Ogorodov Oleg Ogorodov Oleg Ogorodov is a former tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His career high singles rank came on May 13, 1996 when he was ranked 101st in men's singles tennis rankings...	Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...     Leander Paes Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...	5–7, 1–6
9.	1996	Mauritius Island Mauritius Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...	Grass	Andrei Pavel Andrei Pavel Andrei Pavel is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Romania. He is currently coaching former world No. 1 and the current world No. 15 of the WTA, Jelena Janković.-Career:...	Patrick Baur Patrick Baur Patrick Baur , is a former professional tennis player from Germany.During his career Baur won 2 singles titles and 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...     Joost Winnink	1–0, RET.
10.	1997	Eilat, Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	Hard (i)	Rogier Wassen Rogier Wassen Rogier Wassen is a Dutch tennis player who competes regularly on the ATP Tour as a doubles player.Wassen reached his highest doubles ranking on the ATP Tour on 10 September 2007 when he became world no. 24. The right-hander has won three ATP doubles titles...	Patrick Baur Patrick Baur Patrick Baur , is a former professional tennis player from Germany.During his career Baur won 2 singles titles and 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in 1991 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...     Andrei Cherkasov Andrei Cherkasov Andrei Cherkasov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Born in Ufa, Soviet Union, Cherkasov first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player. In 1987, he was ranked the World No. 3 junior player and finished runner-up in the boy's singles at the US Open...	3–6, 6–7
11.	1998	Venice Venice Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region... , Italy	Clay	Massimo Bertolini Massimo Bertolini Massimo Bertolini is a retired professional tennis player from Italy. A doubles specialist, he won two ATP Tour titles and reached two Grand Slam quarter-finals.-Wins :-Runners-up :-External links:...	Nebojsa Djordjevic    Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska Marcos Ondruska is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he defeated Goran Ivanišević in the first round before falling to Norway's Christian Ruud...	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
12.	2001	Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...	Hard	Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...	Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...     Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...	W/O
13.	2002	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Karol Beck Karol Beck Karol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...	Tim Crichton    Todd Perry Todd Perry ----Todd Perry is a presently inactive tour professional tennis player from Australia.Perry turned turned professional in 1998. He played more doubles than singles, and his most usual partner was the Swedish Simon Aspelin...	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
14.	2006	Eckental Bauer Cup The Bauer Cup is a tennis tournament held in Eckental, Germany since 1997. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**... , Germany	Carpet	Torsten Popp	Joshua Goodall Joshua Goodall Joshua Jake Goodall is a British tennis player and the current British No.12 in Doubles, His ATP Doubles world ranking is 293...     Ross Hutchins Ross Hutchins Ross Dan Hutchins is a British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles player. Hutchins was born in Wimbledon, a location synonymous with tennis. Having turned professional in 2002, he enjoyed success on the Challenger circuit and broke through to the ATP Tour in late 2007...	5–7, 3–6
15.	2007	Heilbronn Intersport Heilbronn Open The Intersport Heilbronn Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Talheim, Germany, since 1984.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Germany	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...	Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann is a professional tennis player from Germany. Primarily a doubles specialist, he has won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career. On 5 March 2007, he reached his highest doubles ranking of No...     Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player, ranked World No. 113 in the ATP rankings. He is the last German player who reached a final in a grand slam tournament....	W/O

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